Team Visma | Lease a Bike

Friday, March 29, 2024 at 2:57 PM

Dylan van Baarle and Matteo Jorgenson are the spearheads of Visma | Lease a Bike in the Tour of Flanders. The Dutch champion and winner of Dwars door Vlaanderen takes over that role from Wout van Aert, who is not there after his hard fall in DDV. Jan Tratnik is not there.

There were some doubts about Van Baarle’s participation after he fell ill, but the Dutchman has fully recovered. He announced this himself on Thursday via a playful post Strava. “Test, test, check,” was his caption for his training on the popular training app. Tratnik, on the other hand, did not get fit in time for the Tour. The Slovenian crashed in Ghent-Wevelgem. He did get to the start in Dwars door Vlaanderen, but soon had to give up.

Van Baarle will be at the start of the second monument of the season together with Jorgenson, but also with Tiesj Benoot, Per Strand Hagenes, Tim van Dijke, Mick van Dijke and Edoardo Affini. After his nose fracture, Hagenes was initially scheduled for the Volta NXT Classic, but will skip that race and still compete in the RVV.

2024-03-29 13:57:00
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Sunday, December 31, 2023 at 9:57 AM

Jumbo-Visma, from January 1 Visma | Lease a Bike says goodbye to cyclist Lennard Hofstede. The 29-year-old driver has decided to end his professional cycling career. “I had felt it coming for a while,” the Dutchman said in a press release.

“To be clear, this is not a difficult or unpleasant decision. I’ve felt it coming for a while. I have not been completely fit lately and I have gradually lost the pleasure of competing,” says Hofstede. “And that is the essence of my professional cycling life.”

“That is why this decision feels good and I am especially grateful for the many wonderful experiences I have had here. I actually stop with a smile. And at the same time I will support the entire Team Visma | Lease a Bike family also miss it. They were very beautiful and intense years together.”

Hofstede took his first steps with the training team of (then) Rabobank, moved to Team Sunweb after a few seasons, but returned to the old nest at the end of 2018. Hofstede grew into a reliable and valued helper: he played an important role in Primoz Roglic’s Vuelta victory in 2020. The last two years have been more difficult due to physical discomfort.

Zeeman: “We will certainly miss Lennard”
Sporting director Merijn Zeeman speaks highly of Hofstede. “We will certainly miss Lennard. He was always valuable. It’s also brave of him to make that decision. He can be proud of his career and so are we. We wish Lennard all the best in his future life.”

2023-12-31 08:57:00
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Friday, December 22, 2023 at 10:38 AM

Tiesj Benoot has stood up for his new teammate Cian Uijtdebroeks. During the team presentation of Visma | Lease a Bike, the young classification rider was already present and not much later the news came that all parties had agreed on the transfer of Uijtdebroeks. Benoot saw the transfer soap from the sidelines and wanted to say something about it: “He has a lot to deal with.”

“I would especially like to appeal to the press to tackle him less,” said Benoot Sporza. “He is 20 years old and he has a lot to deal with. You don’t want to read what a young rider has to deal with on social media. We often talk about mental well-being, but that is forgotten here. I hope it doesn’t bother him too much.”

The situation now seems to be over now that the camp-Uijtdebroeks, BORA-hansgrohe and Visma | Lease a Bike have reached an agreement on the transition. The UCI has now also given official approval for the transfer of Uijtdebroeks as of January 1, 2024.

Benoot had already met his compatriot at a training camp and is looking forward to working together in the coming season, although the two will not race together much. “As a young rider, he is with the best team to develop. He has received a warm welcome here,” said Benoot.

2023-12-22 09:38:00
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Friday, December 22, 2023 at 8:10 AM

Podcast Team Visma | Lease a Bike presented itself on Thursday with a slick presentation to the press and public. Cian Uijtdebroeks was simply on the podium, Wout van Aert shared his spring schedule and the good listener was also able to put together the selections for the big tours.

The presentation also raised some questions, such as: have all the wrinkles regarding Uijtdebroeks’ contract been finally ironed out, what is the status of the provisionally suspended Michel Heßmann and how were the selections for the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France made. Sporting director Merijn Zeeman joins the team WielerFlits Podcast to answer all pressing questions immediately.

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2023-12-22 07:10:00
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